Bulls Host Unbeaten and Nationally Ranked Miami (OH) on Tuesday Evening

Tuesday, February 3

Buffalo, N.Y.

6:30 p.m.

University at Buffalo

#23 Miami (OH)

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Bulls Host Unbeaten and Nationally Ranked Miami (OH) on Tuesday Evening

2/2/2026 4:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball

By: Zach Monell

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo men's basketball program (14-8, 4-6 MAC) will host the #23 Miami (OH) RedHawks (22-0, 10-0 MAC) on Tuesday evening. Tip-off from Alumni Arena will be at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN+ with Paul Peck and Tony Watson ('12) on the call. Josh Whetzel and Bob Gaughan will be on the radio call on Buffalo 1520/Rochester 1280 and on the Varsity Network App.

This will be the first time the Bulls will host an AP top-25 team since Dec. 30, 2010, when they hosted #16 BYU.

Buffalo has hosted a nationally ranked team six times in program history.

Jan. 24, 1977 vs. #17 Syracuse (L, 91-71)
Feb. 8, 1993 vs. #19 UMass (L, 96-67)
Dec. 7, 1999 vs. #7 North Carolina (L, 91-67)
Dec. 9, 2006 vs. #2 Pittsburgh (L, 70-67)
Dec. 4, 2008 vs. #2 UConn (L, 68-64)
Dec. 30, 2010 vs. #16 BYU (L, 90-82)

LAST TIME OUT
The Bulls are coming off a 95-83 loss against the Ohio Bobcats on Saturday afternoon. In the loss, Daniel Freitag led the Bulls in scoring for the first time in four games with 25 points. Ryan Sabol finished with 22 points and team-high marks with six rebounds and five assists. Angelo Brizzi added 15 points for the Bulls. The Buffalo offense shot 55.8% (29-of-52) from the field, marking their 10th game this season shooting above 50%.

ABOUT THE REDHAWKS
• Miami Head Coach Travis Steele has spent the last four seasons with the RedHawks where he's led them to a 74-46 (.617) overall record. Prior to his time in Oxford, he spent four seasons at Xavier from 2018-22. In his career, he holds an overall record of 144-96 (.600). He is 5-1 against Buffalo in his career.

• The RedHawks were selected second in the 13-team league in the Mid-American Conference Preseason Poll. Peter Suder and Eian Elmer were named to the Preseason All-MAC Team. Last season, Miami went 25-9 overall and 14-4 in conference play. They fell to Akron in the MAC Championship game, 76-74.

• The RedHawks have six players averaging over 10.0 ppg with Brant Byers leading the way with 15.4 ppg. Elmer leads the team with 6.0 rpg as Luke Skaljac has 95 total assists on the season.

THE BULL-ETIN BOARD

• Ryan Sabol has been sensational over the last five games. He's averaging 23.4 ppg, the fourth-most in the MAC as his 117 points scored in this span is second in the league. The sharp three-point shooter made the most threes with 22. From the floor, he is 42-of-81 for a .519 field goal percentage including a .449 three-point percentage as he's 22-of-46. In this stretch, Sabol is the only MAC player with five 20-point performances. The last time a Bull scored 20+ in five straight came in the 2023-24 season when they did so in five straight.

• Dating back to 2004-05 on available records, this is the first time the Bulls have had six 30-point performances in a single season as Daniel Freitag has done so four times as Ryan Sabol has done it twice this season. The 2012-13 squad finished with five such performances. Over the last three previous seasons, Buffalo only had four 30-point performances.

• The Bulls have made 10+ three-pointers in seven of their last 11 games, averaging 10.4 per game. In that stretch, they're 114-of-279, good for a .409 three-point percentage. On the season, Buffalo has made at least eight three-pointers in 17 of their 22 games as they're averaging 9.6 per game.

• Ryan Sabol is 13 points shy of tying Ronaldo Segu (2018-22) for 19th all-time in program history with 1,115 points. Also reaching milestones are Ezra McKenna and Mikhail Pocknett. The former is a point away from 1,700 career points as the latter is four points shy of 1,300.

• UB has made 210 three-pointers so far this season. 37.5% of their points have come from three-point range, the best mark in the MAC with Akron. Miami is second at 37.0%.

• Ryan Sabol is the only Bull to score 10+ points in every conference game this season. He's averaging 20.5 ppg, tied for third in the MAC.

• UB has recorded 25 20-point performances this season. Last year they finished with just 16 such games.

• Daniel Freitag leads the MAC in free throw makes and attempts with 140 and 173, respectfully. He's top-15 in the country in both categories.

• Daniel Freitag (422) and Ryan Sabol (406) have accounted for 47.0% of Buffalo's 1,763 points on the season. They are the highest scoring duo in the MAC as UMass's Leonardo Bettiol (401) and Marcus Banks (363) make up 41.8% of the Minutemen's points.

• Ryan Sabol recorded his 16th game of his career with five or more three-pointers in a single game against Bowling Green last Tuesday night. He has 39 games with at least three three-pointers in his time in the blue and white. Sabol is six threes shy of tying Mike Martinho's 1997-98 season 82 made threes for 10th in program history for threes made in a single season.

• Four Bulls have combined to score over 5,700 points in their collegiate careers. Ezra McKenna leads the way with 1,699 points as his fellow NAIA transfer in Derrick Talton Jr. has 1,639 points. Mikhail Pocknett is approaching the 1,300-point mark as he's sitting with 1,296 points. Ryan Sabol has 1,102 points, all of which coming in the blue and white.

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